Feb. 12, 2011

West Point, N.Y. - Stony Brook University's men's tennis team rolled to a 7-0 victory over the Connecticut Huskies on Saturday at the Lichtenburg Tennis Center. It was the second consecutive victory for the Sewolves, who are now 2-1.

Stony Brook started the match off by earning the doubles point. Freshman Nikita Fomin (Moscow, Russia) and sophomore Roope Kailaheimo (Helsinki, Finland) lost at the No. 1 spot but senior Ivan Rummel (Budapest, Hungary) and junior Max Sztabholz (Paris, France) then won 8-5 at No. 2.

Junior Mitch Wong (Tampa, Fla.) and freshman Ryan Schmitz (Schenectady, N.Y.) rolled to an 8-2 victory at the No. 3 position to give SBU a 1-0 lead. Stony Brook dominated singles play, winning all six singles matches while dropping just one set.

Fomin dropped just four games at No. 1 while Rummel lost just three games at No. 3. Stony Brook returns to action on Friday, traveling to take on Saint Joseph's.

Stony Brook 7, UConn 0
Doubles
1. Marcus/Warden (UC) def. Fomin/Kailaheimo (SBU), 8-4
2. Rummel/Sztabholz (SBU) def. Yoon/Adams (UC), 8-5
3. Wong/Schmitz (SBU) def. Lin/Cardona (UC), 8-2

Singles
1. Nikita Fomin (SBU) def. Andrew Marcus (UC), 6-3, 6-1
2. Roope Kailaheimo (SBU) def. Scott Warden (UC), 4-6, 6-4, 10-2
3. Ivan Rummel (SBU) def. Jai Yoon (UC), 6-2, 6-1
4. Mitch Wong (SBU) def. Dave Adams (UC), 6-3, 6-2
5. Ryan Schmitz (SBU) def. Ryan Carr (UC), 7-6 (2), 6-1
6. Francesco Arciuli (SBU) def. Wei Lin (UC), 7-5, 6-4